وتصك المرو لما معرت بنكيب معر دامي الأظل
And the flint strikes when it is stung by a sharp impact, its shade bleeding.
معر الشعر والريش ونحوه، الظاهر: ونحوهما: قل، كأمعر، فهو معر، وأمعر، والمعر: سقوط الشعر.
Hair, feathers, and the like become scarce, diminished; like 'am'ara, so it is 'amir, and 'am'ara, and al-ma'r is the falling of hair.
معرت الناصية معرا: ذهب شعرها كله حتى لم يبق منه شيء، فهي معراء، وخص بعضهم به ناصية الفرس.
The forelock became hairless, losing all its hair until nothing remained, so it is ma'raa', and some specified this for the forelock of a horse.
والأمعر من الشعر: المتساقط.
And al-am'ar of hair is that which has fallen out.
ومن الخفاف: الذي ذهب شعره ووبره.
And of footwear: that whose hair and wool has gone.
يقال: خف معر: لا شعر عليه، وأمعر: ذهب شعره أو وبره.
It is said: a sandal is ma'ir: it has no hair on it, and am'ara: its hair or wool has gone.
الأمعر من الحافر: الشعر الذي يسبغ عليه من مقدم الرسغ، لأنه متهيئ لذلك، فإذا ذهب ذلك الشعر قيل: معر الحافر معرا، وكذلك الرأس والذنب.
Al-am'ar of the hoof: the hair that covers it from the front of the pastern, because it is prepared for that. So if that hair goes, it is said: the hoof's hair has become scarce (ma'ara al-haafir ma'ran), and likewise the head and the tail.
إذا تفقأت الرهصة من ظاهر فذلك المعر.
If the blister bursts from the surface, that is al-ma'r.
الزمر والمعر: القليل الشعر.
Al-zamir and al-ma'r: having little hair.
أمعر الرجل إمعارا: افتقر وفني زاده، يقال: ورد رؤبة ماء لعكل وعليه فتية تسقي صرمة لأبيها فأعجب بها فخطبها فقالت: أرى سنا فهل من مال قال: نعم قطعة من إبل. قالت: فهل من ورق قال: لا. قالت: يا لعكل أكبرا وإمعارا كمعر تمعيرا، ومعر، الأخيرة في اللسان والأساس: وفي الحديث: ما أمعر الحجاج قط أي ما افتقر حتى لا يبقى عنده شيء.
A man became poor (am'ara) his provisions ran out. It is said: Ru'bah came to a well belonging to 'Akl, and with her were young women watering a herd for her father. He was pleased with her and proposed. She said: 'I see beauty, but is there wealth?' He said: 'Yes, a piece of camels.' She said: 'But is there silver?' He said: 'No.' She said: 'O clan of 'Akl, may you grow in number and poverty (akbiran wa im'aran) like the sting of tam'eer, and ma'r!' The latter is in Al-Lisan and Al-Asas. And in the Hadith: 'The pilgrims never became poor (ma am'ara al-hujjaj qatt), meaning they never became so poor that nothing remained with them.'
وأصله من معر الرأس، وهو قلة شعره.
And its origin is from the scarcity of hair on the head (ma'r al-ra's), which is the scarcity of its hair.
أمعرت الأرض: لم يكن فيها نبات.
The land became barren (am'arat al-ard): it had no vegetation.
أو أمعرت الأرض: قل نباتها، ضد أمرعت، قاله ابن القطاع.
Or the land became barren (am'arat al-ard): its vegetation became scarce, the opposite of 'amra'at (fertile), said Ibn Al-Qatta'.
وأمعره غيره: سلبه ماله فأفقره.
And others made him poor (am'arahu ghayruhu): they stripped him of his wealth, thus impoverishing him.
أمعرت المواشي الأرض، إذا رعتها، أي شجرها، فلم تدع بها مرعى.
The livestock made the land barren (am'arat al-mawashī al-ard), if they grazed it, meaning its trees, leaving no pasture.
فلم تدع شيئا يرعى.
Leaving nothing to be grazed.
أمعروه: أكلوه.
'Am'arūhu: they consumed it.
المعر، ككتف: البخيل القليل الخير النكد، تقول: هو زعر معر كأنه عير نعر.
Al-ma'r, like 'kufuf': the stingy, lacking in goodness, unpleasant person. You say: he is 'za'ir ma'ir', as if he were a stubborn donkey.
المعر أيضا: الكثير اللمس للأرض.
Al-ma'r also: one who touches the ground a lot.
معر وجهه تمعيرا، إذا غيره غيظا فتمعر لونه ووجهه، إذا تغير وعلته صفرة.
His face became discolored (ma'ara wajhuhu tam'eeran), if anger changed it, so his color and face became discolored (tama'arra), meaning changed and a yellowness overcame it.
وأصله قلة النضارة وعدم إشراق اللون، من قولهم: مكان أمعر، ومن قاله بالغين المعجمة فقد حرفه، وغلط فيه، كما في درة الغواص وشروحه.
And its origin is the lack of freshness and the absence of radiance in color, from their saying: a barren place (makan am'ar). And whoever says it with a ghayn (غ) has distorted it and erred, as in Durrat Al-Ghawwas and its commentaries.
وبه معرة، بالضم: اسم للون يضرب إلى الحمرة، إن لم يكن تصحيفا عن المغرة.
And with it is ma'rah (with dammah): a name for a color that tends towards redness, if it is not a misspelling of al-maghrah (ochre).
المممعور: المقطب غضبا لله تعالى.
Al-mum'ar: one who frowns out of anger towards God Almighty.
وخلق معر زعر، ككتف، وفيه معارة، هكذا في النسخ، وهو مأخوذ من التكملة ونصه: خلق معر زعر فيه معارة.
And a person of mean and stingy disposition (khalq ma'ir za'ir, like 'kufuf'), and in him is ma'arah. This is in the manuscripts, and it is taken from Al-Takmilah, and its text is: 'a person of mean and stingy disposition (khalq ma'ir za'ir) with ma'arah.'
تمعر رأسه إذا تمعط.
His head became discolored (tama'arra ra'suhu) if it became disheveled (tama'ata).
وشعره: تساقط.
And his hair: fell out.
وأرض معرة، إذا انجرد نبتها.
And a barren land (ard ma'irah), if its vegetation has been stripped bare.
وأرض معرة: قليلة النبات.
And a barren land (ard ma'irah): having little vegetation.
وأمعر القوم، إذا أجدبوا.
And the people became poor (am'ara al-qawm), if they became destitute.
والأمعر، المكان القليل النبات، وهو الجدب الذي لا خصب فيه.
And al-am'ar: the place with little vegetation, which is barrenness with no fertility.
ورجل معر: قليل اللحم.
And a man ma'ir: lean, having little flesh.
وأمعرنا: وقعنا في أرض معرة، أو أصبنا جدبا.
And we became poor (am'arnā): we fell into barren land (ard ma'irah), or we experienced drought.